Chapter Seventy-One: Sanctification
The so-called sanctification ceremony is actually the promotion ceremony of the paladin, and all probationary paladins must be canonized at this ceremony before they can officially become a member of the Knights of the Silver Hand.
There is no fixed time for the sanctification ceremony, and whenever a probationary paladin who has passed the inspection appears, a ceremony will be held for him to be promoted.
The exception is the third Sunday of September, as it is the birth day of the Paladin, and a grand gathering of the Holy Light takes place at this time of the year.
During the heyday of Lordaeron, priests from all over the Eastern Kingdoms would come to this gathering to commemorate the glory of the great heroes of the past and to bestow the most sacred and sincere blessings on the newcomers.
"It's been a long time since the consecration ceremony was held in the Abbey, just to wait for this day, and next week there will be ten new brothers officially joining the Silver Hand, and if the Council of Five approves Lord Tairossos' nomination, you will be one of them."
Listening to Erigor finish telling the good news, Unas was full of excitement and could finally officially join the party.
With such a layer of protection, it is equivalent to saying that the Silver Hand recognizes his legal status, and there is no need to be afraid of someone making a fuss about his identity.
"There are only two members left in the five-member council, and with Lord Tairossos here, it shouldn't be a big problem to pass the nomination." When it comes to his future, Unas can't help but be a little nervous.
"No, the other three adults who will go out in two days will return in triumph, and they have come back to participate in this anniversary on purpose," Erigor paused and comforted, "You don't have to worry too much, this kind of nomination is just a formality, and each adult has two nominations, and they usually don't embarrass each other." ”
It turned out that it was just going through the motions, and Unas breathed a sigh of relief, saying that if you want your nominees to be promoted, you must make concessions to others.
Just because you don't agree with my nomination, I don't agree with your nomination, and we will only end up in endless quarrels, and I think several adults in the five-member council understand this truth.
This is probably an unspoken rule, and many things are reduced to formality because of this, especially in the monastery where factional struggles are fierce.
Unas had only been in the monastery for a few days, and he found that the Northern Maple Legion and Silver Dawn were very incompatible, and the personnel on both sides were clearly divided and did not care about each other, and there were sometimes small frictions on the training ground.
Although it was limited to individual fights, the smell of gunpowder could not be extinguished, and if it weren't for the presence of the great enemy, I am afraid that a skirmish would have occurred long ago.
The reason for this is the openness of the contradictions between their immediate bosses, Tairossos and Abydis, who, of course, cannot get along with a universal Madonna and a racist who is human supremacy.
And if the contradiction between the two of them is just a battle of ideas on the table, then there is a deeper and bigger contradiction between several adults - who should lead the whole army?
Uther, Marshal Gathers, or any member of the royal family, all of whom were killed, and the remnants of the defeated army gathered together, who should they listen to?
There was no indisputable leader, so the Council of Five was born for compromise, but it was not a way to fight separately in this way, the enemy was current, and the internal friction was endless, and sooner or later it would be over.
On the night of training the week before, Unas was dragged by Erigor to a tavern, not only to drink, but also to hear a lot of gossip.
All sides are seeking to unite all the remnants of Lordaeron, not that the adults are keen to compete for power, but because of various factors such as differences in political ideas and actions, they are unwilling to bow to each other.
General Abydis's idea was to merge the Silver Hand into the Northern Maple Legion and form a new army to take the throne, but unfortunately he was not enough to convince the people, and only recruited some scattered men from his headquarters.
And within the Silver Hand, the rivalry between Alexandre Mograini and Saidan Da Sohan for the position of Grand Master is also a key gossip in the tavern.
In the battle of Andohar, Grand Master Uther and Deputy Commander Gavinrad were killed, and the Silver Hand headquarters suffered heavy losses and withered personnel, but the strength of the Three Banners was well preserved, and the three leaders of the Regiment, Mograine, Dasohan, and Tairossos, took advantage of the situation to rise.
The position of Grand Master is vacant, Uther did not appoint an heir during his lifetime, and now Lordaeron does not have a king and an archbishop to decide who to choose, so there is only one way left.
In short, whoever has the highest support among the Paladins will be elected Grand Master.
Among them, in terms of seniority, Dasuohan is the highest, he is one of the five original paladins, and also serves as the acting commander of Stratholme's headquarters, participated in two orc wars, full of glory, and has great achievements, but he is in his sixties, and tends to act conservatively, if it is a peaceful era, he will be the best choice for the Grand Master.
In terms of ability, of course, the Ember Messenger is the strongest, and after returning with this holy sword, the legend of Alexandre Mograini's invincibility is praised by everyone, and he is like a new generation of war god in people's minds.
The two are currently on almost equal support, with many still vacillating between conservative and radical.
But it is foreseeable that if Mograini achieves a few more big victories, then his popularity will completely overwhelm Da Sohan and become the undisputed supreme leader of the Silver Hand.
Baron Tyrosus was too far from the above two to have any hope of winning the title, so he became a staunch supporter of Mograine.
The last seat in the council, the actual controller of the Hearthvale, the Grand Inspector Ethan Lean, is much simpler, he only wants to protect himself, and he will support whoever can give more assistance to the Hearthh Valley, and the Northern Maple Legion, which has the largest number of soldiers, naturally becomes the object of his dependence.
Due to the conflict between Abydis and Tairossos, there was often a confrontation between the Silver Hand and the Northern Maple Legion in the Council of Five, and Dasohan often remained neutral in order to increase his influence, and sometimes secretly favored Abydis and Ethanlien, which put Mograini and Tairossos at a disadvantage.
"But this disadvantage won't last long, in the end, everything still has to be talked about with military exploits, as long as there is more time, it must be us who will achieve the greatest results!" Erigor is confident about the future of his camp.
"More time," Unas muttered, not wanting to dampen Erigor's perked mood.
I'm afraid you don't have any more time, Unas thought to himself, he had learned the tragic story of the Mograine family while playing the game, and the first generation of Ash Bringer, Alexander, died in battle early, and it was not the enemy who killed him, but his eldest son, Renaud Mograini, who was controlled by demons.
It would have been difficult to dodge an attack from behind on the battlefield, let alone a sneak attack from his own son?
Later, Alexander fell along with the Ember Bringer and was transformed into a Death Knight by the Grand Lich Kel'thugad, becoming one of the Four Horsemen of the Naxxramas Apocalypse.
How can I or if I can prevent this from happening and change history? Unas couldn't help but fall into deep thought.